From: Jan Viktorin <vikto...@cesnet.cz>
The step 4 is a contradiction. It advices to unbind the device from the
mlx5_core which removes the associated system network interface (e.g.
eth0). In the step 5, the same system network interface (e.g. eth0) is
required to exist.
Signed-off-by: Jan Viktorin <vikto...@cesnet.cz>
---
doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 6 +-----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 0a2dc3dee..122d8e0fc 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -1370,11 +1370,7 @@ the DPDK application.
echo <num of vfs > /sys/class/net/<net device>/device/sriov_numvfs
-4. Unbind the device (can be rebind after the switchdev mode)::
-
- echo -n "<device pci address>" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/mlx5_core/unbind
-
-5. Enable switchdev mode::
+4. Enable switchdev mode::
echo switchdev > /sys/class/net/<net device>/compat/devlink/mode
--
2.30.1
